Uneasy truce
Stand-off ends between forest officials and villagers in Ranthambhore, but roots of the conflict remain
CAG flags community centre under FRA actually MP govt tourist lodge in Pench
CAG slams action as being tantamount to misuse of powers by forest department and against spirit of Forest (Conservation) Act
Who's right for the forest anyway?
Reflections on Supreme Court order to evict ‘illegitimate’ tribals from the forests
Village bullied for using its forest
Forest department registers offence against a gram sabha for felling bamboo clusters
The cutting edge
Conservationists in Brazil come up with a model way to reduce the pressure on forests
Rejected forest rights to be reconsidered: tribal affairs minister
It may not be possible to reject land title claims filed under Forest Rights Act in future
Taungyas get legal recognition
Land titles distributed to 651 families in six Uttar Pradesh villages
Grasping at grass
Maldharis resort to Forest Rights Act as forest department plans to restrict grazing on Banni grassland
Bamboo a minor forest produce: Ramesh
Forest departments had been refusing the control over bamboo by forest dwellers
Hubballi-Ankola railway line will augur desertification, water crisis, warn experts
The proposed 164-kilometre railway project cutting through Western Ghats will prompt deforestation and accelerate climate change …
They also serve
Though it controls 23.4 per cent of the country's land, the Indian Forest Service has little administrative clout. For long the stepchild of …
Kalahandi Gram Sabhas write to NCST, invoke atrocities act against Jharkhand DFO
DFO illegally seized consignment of kendu leaves being transported from Odisha to West Bengal, federation of Gram Sabhas alleges
Forest title claims of over 50% tribals, forest dwellers rejected: report
Where titles have been granted, average size of land holdings much smaller than what the Forest Rights Act provides for, says status report on …
Fall of the paragon
Century-old teak plantation business loses ground in India because of poor management and short-sighted policies
What will Supreme Court judgement on Aravalli mean for forest conservation?
Changes to conservation rules may be fast tracked, say activists
Every northeastern state reports loss in forest cover: State of India’s Forest Report 2021
Manipur recorded the largest loss in forest cover
Turncoat 'thieves'
Former teak smugglers become official forest guards
Custodian violates forest rights
MoEF clears projects in forests without settling land rights of people
Forest act amendments will help India achieve Net Zero emissions targets: MoEFCC in joint committee report
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has sought to insert a preamble
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 7, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
‘We’re portrayed as Maoists, jailed for protesting’: 18 Gariaband villages refuse to give up fight for forest rights
Villagers derive hope from success story of 4 villages in state’s protected area granted Community Forest Resource Rights August 9, 2022
Plantations, invasive species... what all India counts as ‘forest’
Forest survey should move beyond measuring area to studying quality of forests, say experts
Forest Rights Act could play decisive role in LS polls: Report
One-fourth of constituencies in mainland India have FRA implementation as a core issue and can influence winning margins, finds a study
Forests are critical resources in halting poverty
Forests play a vital role in securing rural livelihoods through generating income in the form of goods and environmental services
International community resents the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill
International organisations say there are absolutely no provisions in the Bill to safeguard the rights of forest dwelling communities